Sandra Johnson

Sandra Johnson is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and a Licensed Professional Counselor with 22 years in the mental health field. She frames life events as part of a journey and helps people move toward better functioning and well-being. Her approach is practical and grounded, aimed at making change feel doable for busy lives.

Sandra works with a wide range of concerns, including stress, anxiety, depression, grief, addiction, trauma and abuse, anger, self-esteem, intimacy-related issues, parenting challenges, and coping with life changes. She also addresses mood disorders, ADHD, obsessive-compulsive symptoms, attachment issues, body image, and forgiveness. Her practice blends approaches to match each person’s needs.

Her primary lens is cognitive behavioral work that looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. She combines that with client-centered listening and elements from dialectical behavior therapy, mindfulness, and solution-focused techniques. Sessions focus on concrete steps and real-life skills that people can use between meetings.

Sandra emphasizes that wellness is a process, not a single event. She offers collaborative sessions that help people assess where they are, set realistic goals, and build coping tools to manage stress and change. Her style aims to be steady and practical rather than theoretical.

Based in Louisiana, Sandra brings two decades of experience to each meeting and works with adults who want help navigating life transitions and emotional challenges. She invites potential clients to consider how counseling might fit into their next steps toward improved daily functioning.

How Sandra’s approaches translate to online work

Client-centered therapy is built around clear listening and collaboration. In online sessions this means the therapist follows the person’s lead, reflects concerns back, and helps set goals that matter day to day. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying thought and behavior patterns and trying small experiments to change them; it often includes homework and specific skills people can practice between sessions. Dialectical Behavior Therapy adds skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and improving coping when feelings run high, which can be helpful for persistent mood or impulsivity issues.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Sandra will discuss your needs, goals, and preferences and then suggest which methods to try. That decision is collaborative and can change as you learn what helps most.

Session options are not specified here, so please confirm current session formats before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit meetings into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. It also supports using tools like worksheets, mindfulness practices, and behavior tracking between sessions to keep progress moving forward.